New Creature Builder improvements give you more control. Rigid neck or bendy neck? Its up to you! We want your creatures for our next dev stream! See more info below but first, check out the latest updates.

Creature Builder Improvements

The builder has gotten some much-requested improvements to give you more control when creating and modifying creatures. Thanks for all the feedback and suggestions!

Easily control which blocks are flexible (or not) when the creature moves in the world with a new block rigidity setting in the UI, plus improved voxelation detection
Reposition whole chains of blocks so they no longer rotate awkwardly
Control building better with two additional axes of rotation on Life Blocks
Preview how the creature will move with new animation feedback in the builder (so you dont have to exit and relaunch to get things how you want them!)

More Updates in v0.7.3

On-boarding/Quest improvements
- Weve modified quest progression and added additional on-boarding quests
- All tasks are now powered through quest system to keep feedback consistent
- On-boarding state is now properly tracked
- NOTE: This means your saved Adventure game may ask you to redo quests youve already completed. You can do them again or just untrack them in the quest log to ignore them.

A new on-boarding quest teaches creature riding for more mobility (and fun) early on in survival progression.

UI Improvements
- In-game UI tab names have been replaced with fancy icons for readability (and cuz it just looks pretty)
- Tweens added to some elements
- Minor polish to some colors, positions, anchors
- Improved loading feedback during last stage before main menu
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where quickly clicking the spawn creature button multiple times would cause duplicate creatures to spawn
- Fixed a bug when editing a creature from the party screen
- Fixed the phantom +1 notification bug shown on the Journal badge

Create Creatures for Our Next Stream!

Our next live stream is coming Friday, Feb 8th @ 3:30pm EST and we need your creatures! Greg and John are going to build Homesteads using the new structure blocks and then try to defend them against your creations. Itll be Homestead raiding pandemonium!

PROTECT THE CASTLE AT ALL COSTS! So create your best structure-demolishing creature and then head over to our Discord and share it with us in the #creatures channel. You may just see your creation on the stream, laying waste to Greg or Johns hard work. Winner gets bragging rights over the devs! - Team CHKN https://store.steampowered.com/app/420930/CHKN/

[ 2019-02-01 23:03:53 CET ] [ Original post ]

CHKN
Katapult

Developer

Katapult

Publisher

2016-04-01

Release

Indie Casual Singleplayer Multiplayer EA

KEY FEATURES

Unique AI (aka the Special Sauce): You have the power to bring creatures to life by slapping blocks together, in whatever shape, size, or combination you want. These blocks of intelligent life give your creature unique personalities based on the combinations you make. No two creatures are alike...unless you make them alike. In which case, an egg will pop out of one of them. Even if it’s a cat. Because SCIENCE.
Creature Interaction. Creatures have all the feels and they’re not afraid to express them. Sad eyebrows? Your creature might be lonely. Happy smiles and farts? Your creature loves you for feeding them hamburgers. If a creature is snarling and running at you, then it’s probably too late - you’re dead.
Survival Tactics: You and your creature are starving to death. Do you feed your creature the last of your apples? Or do you cook your creature into a burger to feed yourself!?? Too much? OK.
Creatures will work better than tools at collecting resources and protecting your homestead. They’re better at fighting and cutting down trees than you are, so you’ll definitely want them on your side.
BUILD ALL THE THINGS!: Build a house! Build a farm! Build a three-headed, five-footed, llama-rantula-pus! With your creatures’ help, break apart your surroundings to craft tools and structures. Craft beds made of chicken parts and farm the land in order to survive and thrive.
Adventure, Creative and Multiplayer Modes. Modes on modes on modes.
Burps and farts. Need we say more?

DISCLAIMER

This is an Early Access game, which means it’s a little chick growing with every build. Remember raising them in school? Well, we’re that little chick under the heat lamps, confused about why we’re standing in sawdust with kids staring down at us.
But seriously. We’re just beginning with CHKN and we want you along for the ride. It’s going to be crazy and weird, but we’re going to involve you in any way possible, whether it’s asking for advice, testing out new features, or just showing us your ridiculous creations! We love hearing from you guys. Team CHKN is just a tweet, email, comment, or a very loud scream away. There will be bugs and there will be issues. Keep that in mind before you play.

FUTURE ROADMAP:

Additional creatures; dragon, goat, sheep, llama and many more.
Added abilities; flying, poison, fire breathing.
Improved AI; dogs can guard houses, ants can follow scents, etc.
Improved Multiplayer Mode.
Cactus-Man.
Much larger world, with additional biomes and points of interest.
See our full Road Map here.

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 12.04+. 64-bit; SteamOS+
Processor: 2 GHz Equivalent CPUMemory: 4 GB RAM
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 3 Compatible GPUNetwork: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 5 GB available space
RECOMMENDED SETUPOS: Ubuntu 12.04+. 64-bit; SteamOS+
Processor: i5 Quad CoreMemory: 8 GB RAM
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia 900 seriesNetwork: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 5 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: SSD storage

💰 Games on Sale 💰

GAMEBILLET

[ 5951 ]